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. 2026 Oct 12;41(1):164. doi: 10.1007/s00384-026-05247-y

Table 2.

Baseline Characteristics of Patients with 1–2 cm Tumors Treated with Endoscopic Resection or Local Surgical Excision

Variables Total
(n = 148)
Endoscopic
Resection
(n = 105)
Local
Surgery
(n = 43)
P SMD
Sex, n (%) 0.440 0.140
Male 65 (43.92) 44 (41.90) 21 (48.84)
Female 83 (56.08) 61 (58.10) 22 (51.16)
Age, n (%) 0.315 0.278
< 45 40 (27.03) 29 (27.62) 11 (25.58)
 45–59 49 (33.11) 38 (36.19) 11 (25.58)
≥ 60 59 (39.86) 38 (36.19) 21 (48.84)
Reason for presentation, n (%) 0.492 0.125
 Incidental 90 (60.81) 62 (59.05) 28 (65.12)
 Symptomatic 58 (39.19) 43 (40.95) 15 (34.88)
EUS evaluation, n (%) 0.222 0.225
No 92 (62.16) 62 (60.78) 30 (29.41)
Yes 56 (37.84) 43 (71.67) 13 (21.67)
Grade, n (%) 0.233 0.205
 G1 134 (90.54) 97 (92.38) 37 (86.05)
 G2 14 (9.46) 8 (7.62) 6 (13.95)
 G3 0 (0.00) 0 (0.00) 0 (0.00)
PNI/LVI, n (%) 0.331 0.173
 Negative 136 (91.89) 98 (93.33) 38 (88.37)
 Positive 22 (8.11) 7 (6.67) 5 (11.63)
T stage, n (%) 0.147 0.248
 T1 143 (96.62) 103 (98.10) 40 (93.02)
 T2 5 (3.38) 2 (1.90) 3 (6.98)
 T3 + T4 0 (0.00) 0 (0.00) 0 (0.00)
N stage, n (%) 0.498 0.108
 N0 146 (98.65) 104 (99.05) 42 (97.67)
 N1 2 (1.35) 1 (0.95) 1 (2.33)
M stage, n (%) 0.291 0.218
 M0 147 (99.32) 105 (100.00) 42 (97.67)
 M1 1 (0.68) 0 (0.00) 1 (2.33)

EUS Endoscopic Ultrasonography, PNI/LVI perineural or lymphovascular invasion, SMD standardized mean difference